Do you even need a database?

kept by eddie apr 18

The article argues that for many small-scale, read-heavy, or single-user applications, flat files like JSON can outperform a full DBMS, but warns that scaling or adding write concurrency will force you to rebuild a database.

Fintech Engineering Handbook
The handbook catalogs patterns for representing, recording, and executing money movements—precision handling, double-entry ledgers, immutability, and invariants—to prevent data loss or invention in fintech systems.
also on JSON, #software-engineering, #developer-tools
Why I stopped using JSON for my APIs
The author argues that Protocol Buffers offer superior efficiency over JSON for APIs, despite trade-offs in human readability and complexity.
also on JSON, #software-engineering, #developer-tools
Cloudflare Workers and Hyperdrive with TanStack Start – Master.dev Blog
Using Cloudflare Workers with Hyperdrive and TanStack Start requires per-request database objects to avoid runtime errors and connection limits.
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GitHub - kristiandupont/kanel: Generate Typescript types from Postgres
Kanel generates TypeScript types from a live PostgreSQL database, offering type safety without an ORM.
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AI inference just plays by different rules
AI inference workloads demand unprecedented concurrency and throughput, exposing cloud storage limits that require a decoupled, software-defined layer to avoid catastrophic failures.
also on PostgreSQL, #performance